Trista Vick-Majors
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Postdoctoral fellow
514-987-3000, ext 1651
Université du Québec à Montréal
Pavillon des sciences biologiques, SB-2385
2080 St-Urbain
Montréal, Québec
H2X 3X8
Canada
Ph.D. 2015, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, USA
Dissertation: Biogeochemical processes in Antarctic aquatic environments: Linkages and limitations
M.Sc. 2010, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, USA
Thesis: Bacterioplankton dynamics during the transition to Polar Night in Antarctic lakes
B.A. 2003, Biology, Colorado College, USA
I am a microbial ecologist studying biogeochemistry and microbial ecology in the northern and southern regions of the globe. Currently, I am studying the connections between microbial communities and the cycling of dissolved organic matter in boreal aquatic environments.
Publications
17. Vick-Majors TJ, Mitchell AC, Achberger AM, Christner BC, Dore JE, Michaud AB, Mikucki JA, Purcell AM, Skidmore ML and Priscu JC. (2016). Physiological ecology of microorganisms in Subglacial Lake Whillans. Front. Microbiol. 7:1705. doi:103389/fmicb.2016.01705.
16. Bowman JS, Vick-Majors TJ, Morgan-Kiss R, Takacs-Vesbach C, Ducklow HW, Priscu JC. (2016) Microbial community dynamics in two polar extremes: The lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys and the West Antarctic Peninsula marine ecosystem. Bioscience. 66:829-847. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw103.
15. Achberger AM, Christner BC, Michaud AB, Priscu JC, Skidmore ML and Vick-Majors TJ (2016). Microbial Community Structure of Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica. Front. Microbiol. 7:1457. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01457 (Alphabetical author list).
14. Michaud AB, Skidmore ML, Mitchell AC, Vick-Majors TJ, Barbante C, Turetta C, vanGelder W, Priscu JC. (2016). Solute sources and geochemical processes in Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica. Geology. 5:G37639.1. doi: 10.1130/G37639.1
13. Liu Y, Priscu J, Xiong J, Conrad R, Vick-Majors T, Chu H, Hou J. (2016). Salinity drives archaeal distribution patterns in high altitude lake sediments on the Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw033
12. Liu Y, Yao T, Priscu JC, Vick-Majors TJ, Xu B, Jiao N, Santibáñez P, Huang S, Wang N, Greenwood M, Michaud AB, Kang S, Wang J, Gao Q, Yang Y. (2016). Bacterial responses to environmental change in the Tibetan Plateau over the past half-century. Environmental Microbiology. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13115
11. Mikucki JA, Lee PA, Ghosh D, Purcell AM, Mitchell AC, Mankoff KD, Fischer AT, Tulaczyk S, Carter S, Siegfried M, Fricker HA, Hodson T, Coen J, Powell R, Scherer R, Vick-Majors T, Achberger AA, Christner BC, Tranter M, and the WISSARD Science Team (2016). Subglacial Lake Whillans biogeochemistry: A synthesis of current knowledge. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0290.
10. Vick-Majors TJ, Achberger A, Santibáñez P, Dore JE, Hodson T, Michaud AB, Christner BC, Mikucki J, Skidmore ML, Powell R, Adkins WP, Barbante C, Mitchell A, Scherer R, Priscu JC (2016). Biogeochemistry and microbial diversity in the marine cavity beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography. 61:572-586. doi:10.1002/lno.10234
9. Christner BC, Priscu JC, Achberger A, Barbante C, Carter SP, Christianson K, Mikucki JA, Michaud AB, Mitchell A, Skidmore ML, Vick-Majors TJ, and the WISSARD Science Team (2014). A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Nature. 512:310-313. (Alphabetical author list).
8. Xu Y, Vick-Majors TJ, Morgan-Kiss R, Priscu JC, Amaral-Zettler L (2014). Ciliate diversity, community structure, and novel taxa in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Biological Bulletins. 227:175-190.
7. Liu, Y, Priscu, J, Yao, T, Vick-Majors, T, Michaud, A, Jiao, N, Hou, J, Tian, L, Hu, A, Chen, Z (2014). A comparison of pelagic, littoral, and riverine bacterial assemblages in Lake Bangongco, Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 89:211-221.
6. Purcell AM, Mikucki JA, Achberger A, Alekhina I, Barbante C, Christner BC, Ghosh D, Michaud AB, Mitchell AC, Priscu JC, Scherer R, Skidmore M, Vick-Majors TJ, and the WISSARD Science Team (2014). Microbial sulfur transformations in Subglacial Lake Whillans sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00594 (Alphabetical author list).
5. Vick-Majors TJ, Priscu JC, Amaral-Zettler L (2014). Modular structure suggests community plasticity during the transition to polar night in ice-covered Antarctic lakes. The ISME Journal. 8:778-789.
4. Priscu JC, Achberger AM, Cahoon J, Christner B, Edwards RL, Jones W, Michaud AB, Siegfried MR, Skidmore M, Siegel RH, Switzer G, Tulaczyk S, Vick-Majors TJ (2013). A microbiologically clean strategy for access to the Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Environment. Antarctic Science. 25:637-647. (Alphabetical author list).
3. Vick TJ and Priscu JC (2012). Bacterioplankton responses to the polar night transition in lakes of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 68:77-90.
2. Thurman J, Parry J, Hill P, Priscu J, Vick T, Chiuchiolo A, Laybourn-Parry J (2012). Microbial dynamics and flagellate grazing during transition to winter in Lakes Hoare and Bonney, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 82:449-458.
1. Vick TJ, Dodsworth JA, Costa KC, Shock EL, Hedlund BP (2010). Microbiology and geochemistry of Little Hot Creek, a hot spring environment in the Long Valley Caldera. Geobiology, 8:140-154.